Albert waggoner



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' A. WAG-GONER.

' HAME.

No. 282,245. Patented July 31. 1883.

INVENTOR N. Panza-s. Pholmhthogmphor. Washington, ma

UNITED STATES F TENT OFFIcE;

ALBERT waeeonnn, or ooLUMBUs, onro.

SBEGIFIGATIOLT formingpart of Letters Patent No. 282,245, dated July 31, 188?.

i Application filed May 1,1883. (No model.) i

construction of the same, whereby I attain.

superior advantages in point of durability, in expensiveness, and general efficiency.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved harness -hames. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section through one of the hames, and Fig. 3 represents a detail viewof the hametop detached.

Like letters refer to; corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates an ordinary wooden harness-hame, having the hame-back iron B secured to one edge and passing around over the top of said hame. Rivets b are used to fasten the hame-back iron in position.

Odesignates the metal top, formed at the lower end with a blade or extension, D, and having curved side pieces, D, and an opening 0, the upper end of the hame passing through the opening, and said side pieces embracing said hame, as shown. The blade or extension is secured to the hame by rivets or bolts d, which pass through both the hame and the hame-back iron. The line-ring E is attached to the blade by means of the ring-bolt c, which passes through theblade, hameback iron, and hame. A cross-bar, F, connects the two side pieces, D, and fits within a groove or recess, a, in the upper portion of the hame, so that said cross-bar is flush with the edge of the hame. Bolts or rivets f pass through the hame-back iron and hame into the crossbar, and thus the latter is secured to the hame. The metal top 6, along its body portion, is formed of semicircular shape, and is provided with a series of verticalopenings, g 9, form-- ing a series of longitudinalbars, G, around any oneof which the hame-strap H may be looped and secured. Thus I provide for a considerable variation in the size of the hames by simply adjusting the strap to or from the extremity of the metal top inorderto adapt with devices for varying the size thereof; and

I am also aware that a metal top has'been attached to the upper part of a wooden hame and provided with a downward extension. I therefore do not claim either of the aforesaic constructions; but 7 v What I claim as my invention is 1. In a hame, the combination of the hame A, having the recess or groove 0, and the,

hame-back iron B, passing over the upper end of said hame and secured in the groove, with the metal top 0, having side pieces, D, em

bracing the ends of the hame, and cross-bar F, fitting within the groove to and connecting said side pieces, and the blade or extension D, extending down over the hame-back iron and secured with suitable bolts, substantially as shown and described.

. 2. In ahame, the combination of the wooden hame A, having the recess or groove a, and the hamebaek iron B, passing over the upper end of said hame and secured in the groove, with the metal top 0, semicircular in cross -section, having side pieces, D, embracing the ends of the hame, and cross-bar F, fitting within the groove a and connecting said side pieces, the blade or extension D, extending down over the hame-back iron, and bolts or rivets d f, for securing the hame-back iron and metal top together, said metal top The fiy is con-.

being provided with a series of vertical openings, g 9, arranged in pairs, and forming bars G along its body portion, for the purpose substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT WAGGONER.

XVitnesses:

D. O. WELLING, T. II. MoOoY. 

